In 1895, Joseph Frank “Buster” Keaton was born on the flat plains of Kansas. He supposedly acquired the nickname “Buster” after he fell down a flight of stairs when he...
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Art song arose and was cultivated in the Romantic era, when poetry came to be regarded as the primary representation of the human spirit, and music the art most immediately...
Great composers have always recognized the vitality in music loved by the masses. Aaron Jay Kernis’ 100 Greatest Dance Hits evokes pop music of the 70s, 80s, and 90s. Kernis...
A significant development in the sociology of music was the realization that music-making itself is a social performance, encompassing the conditions of production, performance, and reception....
In 1893, Amy Beach composed “Romance,” a piece for violin and piano, and dedicated it to Maud Powell, an acclaimed American violinist of the day....
For many musicians and music lovers, every day is Bach’s birthday. The great 20th-century cellist and musical luminary, Pablo Casals celebrated Bach every day of his adult life....
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